The Most Beautiful Tea Plantations in China

All over China, tea farmers are hard at it, working in the trees, moving freshly picked leaves from the field, carefully drying the plants and shipping their goods out. It’s a practice that they’ve been perfecting for centuries. Here’s a glimpse of life on the plantations, though it’s better to check it out for yourself, as pictures rarely do it justice.

Yunnan Province

All together, the various tea plantations on Jingmai Mountain create the largest collection of tea production in the world. More than a million trees grow there – a chunk of which are some of the oldest wild tea trees in China.

A handful of growing tourism agencies offer trips to the various farms, tea factories, and shops. If you can get in on a tea ceremony, you’ll likely be served pu’er tea, as it’s the style that reigns supreme in this region.